Wanderer 1,726 Posted December 27, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Various Cities Start Date January 5th, 2019 End Date February 1st, 2019 Participants TBD Gold TBD Silver TBD Bronze TBD Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances) Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button Rules For this Prediction Contest you are predicting the result (Win of either Team or Draw/Tie) for each match. To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of goals each team will score in that particular match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Round of 16 onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 5th 2019, h. 20:00 United Arab Emirates 3 1 Bahrain January 6th 2019, h. 17:30 Thailand 1 1 India Points will be awarded as follows:- Right predicted outcome (winner or draw) + right score at the end of the regular time (at the end of the overtime/before penalties/ from quarterfinals onward) - 5 points.- Right predicted winner + wrong score but right goal difference - 4 points.- Right predicted draw but wrong score and right predicted winner + wrong score and wrong goal difference but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 3 points.- Right predicted winner + wrong score + wrong goal difference + wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 2 points.- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 1 point.- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) and wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 0 points. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 5th 2019, h. 20:00 United Arab Emirates 3 1 Bahrain If UAE wins 3-1, you get 5 points If UAE wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference) If UAE wins 4-1 or 3-0 or 2-1 or 10-1..., you get 3 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, right number of goals for one of the teams) If UAE wins 1-0 or 5-2 or 8-3..., you get 2 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, wrong number of goals for both teams) If Bahrain wins 4-3 or 5-3 or 6-3... or if match ends 1-1 or 3-3, you get 1 point (wrong outcome, right number of goals for one of the teams) If Bahrain wins and UAE score more or less than 3 goals or if match ends with draw but not 1-1 or 3-3, you get 0 point (wrong outcome and wrong number of goals for both teams) Group A Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 6th 2019, h. 17:30 Thailand 1 1 India If match ends 1-1, you get 5 pointsIf match ends with draw but not 1-1, you get 3 points If match ends with winner and one of the teams scores exactly one goal, you get 1 point If match ends with winner and both of the teams score more or less than exactly one goal, you get 0 points In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.25 In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 1.5 TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 10x5, 5x4, 5x3, 10x2 Contestant 2: 10x5, 5x4, 4x3, 11x2 Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2. Contestant with most points wins the competition. The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches. You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started. In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the second match of the Tournament - January 5th, h. 20:00 (GMT +4). You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words. If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread only. If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, UAE-BRN 3-1 or UAE 3 1 BRN means United Arab Emirates beats Bahrain by 3-1. UAE 2 BRN means nothing. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions. Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of prediction post too. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows: This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message. Edited December 27, 2018 by Wanderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,726 Posted December 27, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted December 27, 2018 You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Preliminary RoundJanuary 5th - January 17th, 2019 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 6 best 3rd ranked Teams among all Groups will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 5th 2019, h. 20:00 United Arab Emirates Bahrain January 6th 2019, h. 17:30 Thailand India January 10th 2019, h. 15:00 Bahrain Thailand January 10th 2019, h. 20:00 India United Arab Emirates January 14th 2019, h. 20:00 United Arab Emirates Thailand January 14th 2019, h. 20:00 India Bahrain Group B Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 6th 2019, h. 15:00 Australia Jordan January 6th 2019, h. 20:00 Syria Palestine January 10th 2019, h. 17:30 Jordan Syria January 11th 2019, h. 15:00 Palestine Australia January 15th 2019, h. 17:30 Australia Syria January 15th 2019, h. 17:30 Palestine Jordan Group C Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 7th 2019, h. 15:00 China Kyrgyzstan January 7th 2019, h. 17:30 South Korea Philippines January 11th 2019, h. 17:30 Philippines China January 11th 2019, h. 20:00 Kyrgyzstan South Korea January 16th 2019, h. 17:30 South Korea China January 16th 2019, h. 17:30 Kyrgyzstan Philippines Group D Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 7th 2019, h. 20:00 Iran Yemen January 8th 2019, h. 17:30 Iraq Vietnam January 12th 2019, h. 15:00 Vietnam Iran January 12th 2019, h. 17:30 Yemen Iraq January 16th 2019, h. 20:00 Vietnam Yemen January 16th 2019, h. 20:00 Iran Iraq Group E Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 8th 2019, h. 20:00 Saudi Arabia North Korea January 9th 2019, h. 20:00 Qatar Lebanon January 12th 2019, h. 20:00 Lebanon Saudi Arabia January 13th 2019, h. 15:00 North Korea Qatar January 17th 2019, h. 20:00 Saudi Arabia Qatar January 17th 2019, h. 20:00 Lebanon North Korea Group F Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2019, h. 15:00 Japan Turkmenistan January 9th 2019, h. 17:30 Uzbekistan Oman January 13th 2019, h. 17:30 Oman Japan January 13th 2019, h. 20:00 Turkmenistan Uzbekistan January 17th 2019, h. 17:30 Oman Turkmenistan January 17th 2019, h. 17:30 Japan Uzbekistan [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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